As Egypt’s new Grand Museum opens for the first time, a luxurious voyage along the Nile reveals a compelling story of the ...

For more than 3,000 years, secret hieroglyphics related to the pharaoh Ramses II have been hidden on the Luxor Obelisk […] ...

Viking has announced that its newest Nile River ship, the 82-guest Viking Amun, has reached a significant maritime milestone. Viking Amun has been “floated out” marking a major construction target–the ...

Forget the Rhine, the Seine, and the Danube. You need to venture out further if you want access to the best river cruises in ...

The papyrus or papyrus It is the writing surface manufactured by the ancient Egyptians by the stem of these aquatic ...

When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BCE, he signaled the beginning of the era of Ptolemaic rule. His general ...

The story of the National Museum – taken over by armed men, its gold and valuables looted and stolen – mirrors the individual ...

Two decades after construction began, the Grand Egyptian Museum, which houses more than 100,000 ancient treasures, will host ...

Deipnosophistae by Athenaeus, a work written around 200 CE about well-read people philosophizing and enjoying good food and drink.

Our esteemed editor invited me to lunch a while ago. After three hours I had to leave because Qantas doesn’t even hold planes ...